EP2094586B1 - Package of tobacco articles - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a package of tobacco articles.
- the present invention may be used to advantage in a rigid, hinged-lid packet of cigarettes, to which the following description refers purely by way of example.
- Rigid, hinged-lid packets of cigarettes are currently the most widely marketed, by being easy to produce, easy and practical to use, and by effectively protecting the cigarettes inside.
- a rigid, hinged-lid packet of cigarettes comprises a group of cigarettes wrapped in a sheet of foil; and a rigid outer package housing the group of cigarettes.
- the outer package comprises a cup-shaped container housing the group of cigarettes and having an open top end; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an open position and a closed position respectively opening and closing the open end.
- a collar is normally folded and fitted inside the container to project partly outwards of the open end and engage a corresponding inner surface of the lid when the lid is in the closed position.
- the outer package is formed by folding a flat blank about the group of cigarettes fitted with the collar, and is stabilized by gluing superimposed tabs of the blank.
- the edge of the outer tab is normally made to coincide with an edge of the outer package to conceal the edge of the outer tab.
- the above method provides for excellent results in terms of appearance, in the case of square edges, by the edge of the outer tab being superimposed almost perfectly on the square edge, but for only passable results in the case of rounded or bevelled edges, on account of the edge of the outer tab necessarily being located alongside, as opposed to superimposed on, the edge.
- EP17124701A1 discloses a rigid, hinged-lid packet of cigarettes comprising a group of tobacco articles; a collar surrounding the group of tobacco articles and having a number of lateral walls; and an outer package surrounding the group of tobacco articles and the collar, and having a top wall, a bottom wall parallel to the top wall, and a number of lateral walls which are perpendicular to the top and bottom walls, and are parallel to and rest on respective lateral walls of the collar.
- the hinge of the lid is located on a minor lateral wall of the outer package.
- number 1 indicates as a whole a rigid packet of cigarettes comprising a group 2 of cigarettes wrapped in a sheet of foil; and a rigid outer package 3 housing group 2 of cigarettes.
- Outer package 3 comprises a cup-shaped container 4 having an open top end 5; and a cup-shaped lid 6 hinged to container 4 along a hinge 7 to rotate, with respect to container 4, between an open position ( Figure 2 ) and a closed position ( Figure 1 ) opening and closing open top end 5 respectively.
- Lid 6 preferably varies in height, which is minimum at hinge 7, so container 4 is obviously of a height complementary to that of lid 6, and which is therefore maximum at hinge 7.
- outer package 3 When lid 6 is in the closed position, outer package 3 is in the form of a rectangular-section parallelepiped, and comprises two parallel opposite minor lateral walls 8, 9; two parallel opposite major lateral walls 10, 11; a top wall 12; and a bottom wall 13 parallel to and opposite top wall 12. Lateral walls 8, 9, 10, 11 are obviously perpendicular to top and bottom walls 12, 13, and minor lateral walls 8, 9 are smaller than major lateral walls 10, 11.
- Hinge 7 of lid 6 is located on minor lateral wall 8, which therefore defines a rear wall of outer package 3, whole minor lateral wall 9 defines a front wall of outer package 3.
- Outer package 3 has four longitudinal edges 14 defined between lateral walls 8, 9, 10, 11; and eight transverse edges 15 defined between top and bottom walls 12, 13 and lateral walls 8, 9, 10, 11.
- Packet 1 of cigarettes also comprises a tubular collar 16, which is folded into a tube about group 2 of cigarettes, is located between group 2 of cigarettes and outer package 3, and projects partly from open top end 5 of container 4 to engage an inner surface of lid 6 when lid 6 is in the closed position.
- collar 16 comprises a minor lateral wall 17, which is positioned contacting an inner surface of minor lateral wall 8 of outer package 3; a minor lateral wall 18, which is positioned contacting an inner surface of minor lateral wall 9 of outer package 3; a major lateral wall 19, which is positioned contacting an inner surface of major lateral wall 10 of outer package 3; and a major lateral wall 20, which is positioned contacting an inner surface of major lateral wall 11 of outer package 3.
- collar 16 One function of collar 16 is to keep lid 6 in the closed position by making it necessary to apply a certain amount of force to open lid 6.
- the front wall 18 of collar 16 has a horizontal slit 21; and lid 6 has a tab 22 (shown in Figure 3 ), which projects inwards of lid 6 and, when lid 6 is in the closed position, releasably engages slit 21 to retain lid 6 in the closed position.
- minor lateral wall 8 of outer package 3 constitutes a joining wall of outer package 3; and minor lateral wall 17 of collar 16 constitutes a joining wall of collar 16.
- minor lateral wall 8 of outer package 3 i.e. the lateral joining wall 8 of outer package 3
- Hinge 7 is defined by a fold line 7' formed on minor lateral wall 8 of outer package 3 (i.e. on the lateral joining wall 8 of outer package 3), and by a fold line 7" formed on minor lateral wall 17 of collar 16 (i.e. on the lateral joining wall 17 of collar 16) and underlying fold line 7'.
- Fold line 7" divides minor lateral wall 17 of collar 16 (i.e. the lateral joining wall 17 of collar 16) into a bottom portion 17', which is integral with container 4 of outer package 3 and connected to the adjacent major lateral wall 19 of collar 16; and into a top portion 17", which is integral with lid 6 of outer package 3 and separated from the adjacent major lateral wall 19 of collar 16, so as to move freely with respect to adjacent major lateral wall 19. It is important to note that top portion 17" of minor lateral wall 17 of collar 16 must be separated from adjacent major lateral wall 19 to allow lid 6 to rotate about hinge 7 (i.e. top portion 17" to rotate about fold line 7").
- collar 16 has at least one bottom tab 23 positioned contacting bottom wall 13 of outer package 3 (i.e. located between a bottom wall of group 2 of cigarettes and bottom wall 13 of outer package 3), and which may be glued to bottom wall 13.
- Outer package 3 of rigid packet 1 of cigarettes is formed by folding a blank 24 shown flat in Figure 5 , in which the parts of blank 24 are indicated, where possible, using the same reference numbers, with superscripts, as for the corresponding parts of outer package 3.
- Blank 24 comprises two transverse fold lines 25, and a number of longitudinal fold lines 26 defining, between the two transverse fold lines 25 : panel 8' forming part of minor lateral joining wall 8; a panel 11' defining major lateral wall 11; a panel 9' defining minor lateral wall 9; a panel 10' defining major lateral wall 10; and panel 8" forming the remaining part of minor lateral joining wall 8.
- Panels 10' and 11' each comprise two major tabs 27, which are located at opposite ends of panel 10', 11', are separated from panel 10', 11' by the two transverse fold lines 25, and form part of top wall 12 and bottom wall 13 respectively.
- Panels 8', 9' and 8" each comprise two minor tabs 28, which are located at opposite ends of panel 8', 9', 8", are separated from panel 8', 9', 8" by the two transverse fold lines 25, and form part of top wall 12 and bottom wall 13 respectively.
- Blank 24 also comprises a substantially transverse tear line 29 separating container 4 and lid 6.
- lid 6 is initially joined to container 4 along tear line 29, and is detached from container 4 by the user tearing along tear line 29 when unsealing packet 1 of cigarettes.
- collar 16 is applied to and folded about group 2 of cigarettes; and blank 24 is then applied to and folded about group 2 of cigarettes, on top of collar 16.
- minor lateral joining wall 8 is formed last, by placing panels 8' and 8" on top of minor lateral joining wall 17 of collar 16 and group 2 of cigarettes, so that panels 8' and 8" are coplanar and side by side with no overlap, and by simultaneously gluing panels 8' and 8" of minor lateral joining wall 8 of outer package 3 to the underlying minor lateral joining wall 17 of collar 16.
- longitudinal edges 14 and transverse edges 15 are all square.
- longitudinal edges 14 are rounded; in which case, to form rounded edges 14, blank 24 must comprise four groups of closely spaced longitudinal fold lines to allow blank 24 to flex locally into a circular shape.
- at least some of longitudinal edges 14 are rounded or bevelled, or at least some of transverse edges 15 are rounded or bevelled (as in the packet of cigarettes described in Patent Application EP-A1-0764595 ).
- some longitudinal edges 14 and some transverse edges 15 may be non-square, rounded or bevelled edges, so as to have both non-square, rounded or bevelled longitudinal edges 14 and transverse edges 15.
- packet 1 of cigarettes may resemble the packet of cigarettes described in Patent Application EP-A1-1066206 ; in which case, major lateral walls 10 and 11 are outwardly convex, and each have a flat central portion, and two curved creased lateral bands connecting the flat central portion to minor lateral walls 8 and 9 at respective sharp, non-square longitudinal edges 14.
- Changes may obviously made to packets 1 of cigarettes resembling the packet of cigarettes described in Patent Application EP-A1-1066206 , such as partly curving the convex walls, or only curving one wall as opposed to two opposite walls, or curving minor lateral walls 8 and 9 as opposed to major lateral walls 10 and 11.
- Patent Application WO03026984A1 a few variations of the packet of cigarettes described in Patent Application EP-A1-1066206 are proposed in Patent Application WO03026984A1 .
- Figure 8 shows a different embodiment of a rigid packet 1 of cigarettes, which differs from that in Figures 1-6 as regards the cross section of outer package 3, and hence the shape of group 2 of cigarettes, and by longitudinal edges 14 being rounded as opposed to square.
- the rigid packet 1 of cigarettes in Figure 8 also differs from that in Figures 1-6 by hinge 7 being located on major lateral wall 10 as opposed to minor lateral wall 8. Consequently, in the Figure 8 rigid packet 1 of cigarettes, major lateral wall 10 constitutes a rear wall of outer package 3, and major lateral wall 11 constitutes a front wall of outer package 3.
- Collar 16 of the Figure 8 rigid packet 1 of cigarettes has two rectangular bottom tabs 23, as opposed to one trapezoidal tab 23 as in collar 16 of rigid packet 1 of cigarettes in Figures 1-6 .
- Figure 8 rigid packet 1 of cigarettes differs from that in Figures 1-6 by the joining wall of outer package 3 being major lateral wall 10 as opposed to minor lateral wall 8. Consequently, major lateral wall 10 of the Figure 8 rigid packet 1 of cigarettes comprises two separate, coplanar panels 10' and 10", which are located side by side with no overlap, and are both glued to the underlying major lateral wall 19 of collar 16 (i.e. the underlying lateral joining wall 19 of collar 16).
- Outer package 3 of the Figure 8 rigid packet 1 of cigarettes is formed by folding a blank 24 shown flat in Figure 9 , in which the parts of blank 24 are indicated, where possible, using the same reference numbers, with superscripts, as for the corresponding parts of outer package 3.
- Blank 24 comprises two transverse fold lines 25, and a number of longitudinal fold lines 26 defining; between the two transverse fold lines 25 : panel 10' forming part of major lateral joining wall 10; a panel 8' defining minor lateral wall 8; a panel 11' defining major lateral wall 11; a panel 9' defining minor lateral wall 9; and panel 10" forming the remaining part of major lateral joining wall 10.
- Panels 10', 11' and 10" each comprise two major tabs 27, which are located at opposite ends of panel 10', 11', 10", are separated from panel 10', 11', 10" by the two transverse fold lines 25, and form part of top wall 12 and bottom wall 13 respectively.
- Panels 8' and 9' each comprise two rectangular minor tabs 28, which are located at opposite ends of panel 8', 9', are separated from panel 8', 9' by the two transverse fold lines 25, and form part of top wall 12 and bottom wall 13 respectively.
- Blank 24 also comprises a substantially transverse tear line 29 separating container 4 and lid 6.
- blank 24 comprises four groups of closely spaced longitudinal fold lines to allow blank 24 to flex locally into a circular shape.
- collar 16 is applied to and folded about group 2 of cigarettes; and blank 24 is then applied to and folded about group 2 of cigarettes, on top of collar 16.
- major lateral joining wall 10 is formed last, by placing panels 10' and 10" on top of major lateral joining wall 19 of collar 16 and group 2 of cigarettes, so that panels 10' and 10" are coplanar and side by side with no overlap, and by simultaneously gluing panels 10' and 10" of major lateral joining wall 10 of outer package 3 to the underlying major lateral joining wall 19 of collar 16.
- Figure 11 shows a further embodiment of a rigid packet 1 of cigarettes, which differs from that in Figure 8 as regards the cross section of outer package 3, and hence the shape of group 2 of cigarettes.
- rigid packet 1 of cigarettes may comprise an outer package 3 with a triangular (equilateral triangular) cross section, and preferably rounded longitudinal edges 14; in which case, outer package 3 has three lateral walls (all the same size).
- Packet 1 of cigarettes as described above has numerous advantages : it is cheap and easy to produce, and is of excellent appearance, even in the case of non-square edges, by virtue of outer package 3 having no visible overlaps.
- packet 1 of cigarettes as described above may also be applied integrally to the manufacture of a carton of packets of cigarettes (both rigid and soft), which is substantially the same as packet 1 described above, except that it contains packets, as opposed to a group, of cigarettes.
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Description
- The present invention relates to a package of tobacco articles.
- The present invention may be used to advantage in a rigid, hinged-lid packet of cigarettes, to which the following description refers purely by way of example.
- Rigid, hinged-lid packets of cigarettes are currently the most widely marketed, by being easy to produce, easy and practical to use, and by effectively protecting the cigarettes inside.
- A rigid, hinged-lid packet of cigarettes comprises a group of cigarettes wrapped in a sheet of foil; and a rigid outer package housing the group of cigarettes. The outer package comprises a cup-shaped container housing the group of cigarettes and having an open top end; and a cup-shaped lid hinged to the container along a hinge to rotate, with respect to the container, between an open position and a closed position respectively opening and closing the open end. A collar is normally folded and fitted inside the container to project partly outwards of the open end and engage a corresponding inner surface of the lid when the lid is in the closed position.
- In a rigid, hinged-lid packet of cigarettes, the outer package is formed by folding a flat blank about the group of cigarettes fitted with the collar, and is stabilized by gluing superimposed tabs of the blank.
- At two superimposed tabs, the edge of the outer tab is normally made to coincide with an edge of the outer package to conceal the edge of the outer tab. The above method provides for excellent results in terms of appearance, in the case of square edges, by the edge of the outer tab being superimposed almost perfectly on the square edge, but for only passable results in the case of rounded or bevelled edges, on account of the edge of the outer tab necessarily being located alongside, as opposed to superimposed on, the edge.
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EP17124701A1 - It is an object of the present invention to provide a package of tobacco articles, designed to eliminate the aforementioned drawbacks, and which at the same time is cheap and easy to produce.
- According to the present invention, there is provided a package of tobacco articles, as claimed in the accompanying Claims.
- A number of non-limiting embodiments of the present invention will be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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Figure 1 shows a front view in perspective of a rigid packet of cigarettes in accordance with the present invention and in a closed configuration; -
Figure 2 shows a front view in perspective of theFigure 1 rigid packet of cigarettes in an open configuration; -
Figure 3 shows a front view in perspective of an outer package of theFigure 1 rigid packet of cigarettes in an open configuration; -
Figure 4 shows a rear view in perspective of a collar of theFigure 1 rigid packet of cigarettes; -
Figure 5 shows a spread-out plan view of a blank by which to form an outer package of the rigid packet of cigarettes inFigures 1-4 ; -
Figure 6 shows a spread-out plan view of a collar of the rigid packet of cigarettes inFigures 1-4 ; -
Figure 7 shows a front view in perspective of a variation of the rigid packet of cigarettes inFigures 1-4 ; -
Figure 8 shows a front view in perspective of a different embodiment of a rigid packet of cigarettes in accordance with the present invention and in a closed configuration; -
Figure 9 shows a spread-out plan view of a blank by which to form an outer package of the rigid packet of cigarettes inFigure 8 ; -
Figure 10 shows a spread-out plan view of a collar of the rigid packet of cigarettes inFigure 8 ; -
Figure 11 shows a front view in perspective of a further embodiment of a rigid packet of cigarettes in accordance with the present invention and in a closed configuration; -
Figure 12 shows a spread-out plan view of a blank by which to form an outer package of the rigid packet of cigarettes inFigure 11 ; -
Figure 13 shows a spread-out plan view of a collar of the rigid packet of cigarettes inFigure 11 . - In
Figures 1-4 ,number 1 indicates as a whole a rigid packet of cigarettes comprising a group 2 of cigarettes wrapped in a sheet of foil; and a rigidouter package 3 housing group 2 of cigarettes.Outer package 3 comprises a cup-shaped container 4 having anopen top end 5; and a cup-shaped lid 6 hinged tocontainer 4 along ahinge 7 to rotate, with respect tocontainer 4, between an open position (Figure 2 ) and a closed position (Figure 1 ) opening and closingopen top end 5 respectively. -
Lid 6 preferably varies in height, which is minimum athinge 7, socontainer 4 is obviously of a height complementary to that oflid 6, and which is therefore maximum athinge 7. - When
lid 6 is in the closed position,outer package 3 is in the form of a rectangular-section parallelepiped, and comprises two parallel opposite minorlateral walls lateral walls top wall 12; and abottom wall 13 parallel to andopposite top wall 12.Lateral walls bottom walls lateral walls lateral walls -
Hinge 7 oflid 6 is located on minorlateral wall 8, which therefore defines a rear wall ofouter package 3, whole minorlateral wall 9 defines a front wall ofouter package 3. -
Outer package 3 has fourlongitudinal edges 14 defined betweenlateral walls transverse edges 15 defined between top andbottom walls lateral walls -
Packet 1 of cigarettes also comprises atubular collar 16, which is folded into a tube about group 2 of cigarettes, is located between group 2 of cigarettes andouter package 3, and projects partly fromopen top end 5 ofcontainer 4 to engage an inner surface oflid 6 whenlid 6 is in the closed position. - As shown in
Figure 4 ,collar 16 comprises a minorlateral wall 17, which is positioned contacting an inner surface of minorlateral wall 8 ofouter package 3; a minorlateral wall 18, which is positioned contacting an inner surface of minorlateral wall 9 ofouter package 3; a majorlateral wall 19, which is positioned contacting an inner surface of majorlateral wall 10 ofouter package 3; and a majorlateral wall 20, which is positioned contacting an inner surface of majorlateral wall 11 ofouter package 3. - One function of
collar 16 is to keeplid 6 in the closed position by making it necessary to apply a certain amount of force to openlid 6. For which purpose, thefront wall 18 ofcollar 16 has ahorizontal slit 21; andlid 6 has a tab 22 (shown inFigure 3 ), which projects inwards oflid 6 and, whenlid 6 is in the closed position, releasably engages slit 21 to retainlid 6 in the closed position. - As shown in
Figures 3 and4 , minorlateral wall 8 ofouter package 3 constitutes a joining wall ofouter package 3; and minorlateral wall 17 ofcollar 16 constitutes a joining wall ofcollar 16. More specifically, minorlateral wall 8 of outer package 3 (i.e. the lateral joiningwall 8 of outer package 3) comprises two separate,coplanar panels 8' and 8" (shown more clearly inFigure 5 ), which are located side by side with no overlap, and are both glued to the underlying minorlateral wall 17 of collar 16 (i.e. the underlying lateral joiningwall 17 of collar 16). - Hinge 7 is defined by a fold line 7' formed on minor
lateral wall 8 of outer package 3 (i.e. on the lateral joiningwall 8 of outer package 3), and by afold line 7" formed on minorlateral wall 17 of collar 16 (i.e. on the lateral joiningwall 17 of collar 16) and underlying fold line 7'. -
Fold line 7" divides minorlateral wall 17 of collar 16 (i.e. the lateral joiningwall 17 of collar 16) into a bottom portion 17', which is integral withcontainer 4 ofouter package 3 and connected to the adjacent majorlateral wall 19 ofcollar 16; and into atop portion 17", which is integral withlid 6 ofouter package 3 and separated from the adjacent majorlateral wall 19 ofcollar 16, so as to move freely with respect to adjacent majorlateral wall 19. It is important to note thattop portion 17" of minorlateral wall 17 ofcollar 16 must be separated from adjacent majorlateral wall 19 to allowlid 6 to rotate about hinge 7 (i.e.top portion 17" to rotate aboutfold line 7"). - In a preferred embodiment, to improve the stability of
packet 1 of cigarettes,collar 16 has at least onebottom tab 23 positioned contactingbottom wall 13 of outer package 3 (i.e. located between a bottom wall of group 2 of cigarettes andbottom wall 13 of outer package 3), and which may be glued tobottom wall 13. -
Outer package 3 ofrigid packet 1 of cigarettes is formed by folding a blank 24 shown flat inFigure 5 , in which the parts of blank 24 are indicated, where possible, using the same reference numbers, with superscripts, as for the corresponding parts ofouter package 3. -
Blank 24 comprises twotransverse fold lines 25, and a number oflongitudinal fold lines 26 defining, between the two transverse fold lines 25 : panel 8' forming part of minor lateral joiningwall 8; a panel 11' defining majorlateral wall 11; a panel 9' defining minorlateral wall 9; a panel 10' defining majorlateral wall 10; andpanel 8" forming the remaining part of minorlateral joining wall 8. - Panels 10' and 11' each comprise two
major tabs 27, which are located at opposite ends of panel 10', 11', are separated from panel 10', 11' by the twotransverse fold lines 25, and form part oftop wall 12 andbottom wall 13 respectively. -
Panels 8', 9' and 8" each comprise twominor tabs 28, which are located at opposite ends ofpanel 8', 9', 8", are separated frompanel 8', 9', 8" by the twotransverse fold lines 25, and form part oftop wall 12 andbottom wall 13 respectively. - Blank 24 also comprises a substantially
transverse tear line 29 separatingcontainer 4 andlid 6. In other words,lid 6 is initially joined tocontainer 4 alongtear line 29, and is detached fromcontainer 4 by the user tearing alongtear line 29 whenunsealing packet 1 of cigarettes. - To produce
packet 1 of cigarettes,collar 16 is applied to and folded about group 2 of cigarettes; and blank 24 is then applied to and folded about group 2 of cigarettes, on top ofcollar 16. When folding blank 24, minor lateral joiningwall 8 is formed last, by placingpanels 8' and 8" on top of minor lateral joiningwall 17 ofcollar 16 and group 2 of cigarettes, so thatpanels 8' and 8" are coplanar and side by side with no overlap, and by simultaneously gluingpanels 8' and 8" of minor lateral joiningwall 8 ofouter package 3 to the underlying minor lateral joiningwall 17 ofcollar 16. - In the
Figure 1-4 embodiment,longitudinal edges 14 andtransverse edges 15 are all square. In theFigure 7 variation,longitudinal edges 14 are rounded; in which case, to formrounded edges 14, blank 24 must comprise four groups of closely spaced longitudinal fold lines to allow blank 24 to flex locally into a circular shape. In different embodiments not shown, at least some oflongitudinal edges 14 are rounded or bevelled, or at least some oftransverse edges 15 are rounded or bevelled (as in the packet of cigarettes described in Patent ApplicationEP-A1-0764595 ). Alternatively, somelongitudinal edges 14 and sometransverse edges 15 may be non-square, rounded or bevelled edges, so as to have both non-square, rounded or bevelledlongitudinal edges 14 andtransverse edges 15. - In a different embodiment not shown,
packet 1 of cigarettes may resemble the packet of cigarettes described in Patent ApplicationEP-A1-1066206 ; in which case, majorlateral walls lateral walls longitudinal edges 14. Changes may obviously made topackets 1 of cigarettes resembling the packet of cigarettes described in Patent ApplicationEP-A1-1066206 , such as partly curving the convex walls, or only curving one wall as opposed to two opposite walls, or curving minorlateral walls lateral walls EP-A1-1066206 are proposed in Patent ApplicationWO03026984A1 -
Figure 8 shows a different embodiment of arigid packet 1 of cigarettes, which differs from that inFigures 1-6 as regards the cross section ofouter package 3, and hence the shape of group 2 of cigarettes, and bylongitudinal edges 14 being rounded as opposed to square. - The
rigid packet 1 of cigarettes inFigure 8 also differs from that inFigures 1-6 byhinge 7 being located on majorlateral wall 10 as opposed to minorlateral wall 8. Consequently, in theFigure 8 rigid packet 1 of cigarettes, majorlateral wall 10 constitutes a rear wall ofouter package 3, and majorlateral wall 11 constitutes a front wall ofouter package 3. -
Collar 16 of theFigure 8 rigid packet 1 of cigarettes has two rectangularbottom tabs 23, as opposed to onetrapezoidal tab 23 as incollar 16 ofrigid packet 1 of cigarettes inFigures 1-6 . - Finally, the
Figure 8 rigid packet 1 of cigarettes differs from that inFigures 1-6 by the joining wall ofouter package 3 being majorlateral wall 10 as opposed to minorlateral wall 8. Consequently, majorlateral wall 10 of theFigure 8 rigid packet 1 of cigarettes comprises two separate,coplanar panels 10' and 10", which are located side by side with no overlap, and are both glued to the underlying majorlateral wall 19 of collar 16 (i.e. the underlyinglateral joining wall 19 of collar 16). -
Outer package 3 of theFigure 8 rigid packet 1 of cigarettes is formed by folding a blank 24 shown flat inFigure 9 , in which the parts of blank 24 are indicated, where possible, using the same reference numbers, with superscripts, as for the corresponding parts ofouter package 3. -
Blank 24 comprises twotransverse fold lines 25, and a number oflongitudinal fold lines 26 defining; between the two transverse fold lines 25 : panel 10' forming part of majorlateral joining wall 10; a panel 8' defining minorlateral wall 8; a panel 11' defining majorlateral wall 11; a panel 9' defining minorlateral wall 9; andpanel 10" forming the remaining part of majorlateral joining wall 10. -
Panels 10', 11' and 10" each comprise twomajor tabs 27, which are located at opposite ends ofpanel 10', 11', 10", are separated frompanel 10', 11', 10" by the twotransverse fold lines 25, and form part oftop wall 12 andbottom wall 13 respectively. - Panels 8' and 9' each comprise two rectangular
minor tabs 28, which are located at opposite ends of panel 8', 9', are separated from panel 8', 9' by the twotransverse fold lines 25, and form part oftop wall 12 andbottom wall 13 respectively. -
Blank 24 also comprises a substantiallytransverse tear line 29separating container 4 andlid 6. - It is important to note that, to form rounded
edges 14, blank 24 comprises four groups of closely spaced longitudinal fold lines to allow blank 24 to flex locally into a circular shape. - To produce
packet 1 of cigarettes,collar 16 is applied to and folded about group 2 of cigarettes; and blank 24 is then applied to and folded about group 2 of cigarettes, on top ofcollar 16. When folding blank 24, majorlateral joining wall 10 is formed last, by placingpanels 10' and 10" on top of majorlateral joining wall 19 ofcollar 16 and group 2 of cigarettes, so thatpanels 10' and 10" are coplanar and side by side with no overlap, and by simultaneously gluingpanels 10' and 10" of majorlateral joining wall 10 ofouter package 3 to the underlying majorlateral joining wall 19 ofcollar 16. -
Figure 11 shows a further embodiment of arigid packet 1 of cigarettes, which differs from that inFigure 8 as regards the cross section ofouter package 3, and hence the shape of group 2 of cigarettes. - The
collar 16 and blank 24 of theFigure 11 packet 1 of cigarettes are very similar to those of theFigure 8 packet 1 of cigarettes, to the above description of which the reader is therefore referred. It is important to note thatbottom tabs 23 ofcollar 16, andminor tabs 28 of blank 24 of theFigure 11 packet 1 of cigarettes are triangular. - In a further embodiment not shown,
rigid packet 1 of cigarettes may comprise anouter package 3 with a triangular (equilateral triangular) cross section, and preferably roundedlongitudinal edges 14; in which case,outer package 3 has three lateral walls (all the same size). -
Packet 1 of cigarettes as described above has numerous advantages : it is cheap and easy to produce, and is of excellent appearance, even in the case of non-square edges, by virtue ofouter package 3 having no visible overlaps. - Given its numerous advantages, the design of
packet 1 of cigarettes as described above may also be applied integrally to the manufacture of a carton of packets of cigarettes (both rigid and soft), which is substantially the same aspacket 1 described above, except that it contains packets, as opposed to a group, of cigarettes.
Claims (18)
- A package of tobacco articles, comprising:a group (2) of tobacco articles;a collar (16) surrounding the group (2) of tobacco articles and having a number of lateral walls (17, 18, 19, 20); andan outer package (3) surrounding the group (2) of tobacco articles and the collar (16), and having a top wall (12); a bottom wall (13) parallel to the top wall (12); and a number of lateral walls (8, 9, 10, 11) which are perpendicular to the top and bottom walls (12, 13), and are parallel to and rest on respective lateral walls (17, 18, 19, 20) of the collar (16);the package (1) being characterized in that a lateral joining wall (8; 10) of the outer package (3) is defined by two panels (8', 8"; 10', 10"), which are separate, coplanar, and side by side with no overlap, and are both glued to an underlying lateral joining wall (17; 19) of the collar (16).
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the collar (16) is tubular.
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in Claim 1 or 2, wherein the collar (16) has at least one bottom tab (23) contacting the bottom wall (13) of the outer package (3).
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in Claim 3, wherein the bottom tab (23) of the collar (16) is glued to the bottom wall (13) of the outer package (3).
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in any one of Claims 1 to 4, wherein the outer package (3) comprises a cup-shaped container (4) having an open top end (5); and a cup-shaped lid (6) hinged to the container (4) along a hinge (7) to rotate, with respect to the container (4), between an open position and a closed position opening and closing the open top end (5) respectively.
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in Claim 5, wherein the hinge (7) is located on the lateral joining wall (8; 10) of the outer package (3).
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in Claim 6, wherein the hinge (7) is defined by a first fold line (7') formed on the lateral joining wall (8; 10) of the outer package (3), and by a second fold line (7") formed on the lateral joining wall (17; 19) of the collar (16) and underlying the first fold line (7').
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in Claim 6, wherein the second fold line (7") divides the lateral joining wall (17; 19) of the collar (16) into a bottom portion (17'; 19') integral with the container (4) of the outer package (3) and connected to an adjacent lateral wall (19; 17) of the collar (16), and into a top portion (17"; 19") integral with the lid (6) of the outer package (3) and separated from the adjacent lateral wall (19; 17) of the collar (16).
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in Claim 6, 7 or 8, wherein the outer package (3) has a rectangular cross section, and comprises two parallel opposite major lateral walls (10, 11), and two parallel opposite minor lateral walls (8, 9); the lateral joining wall (8) of the outer package (3), in which the hinge (7) is formed, is a minor lateral wall (8).
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in Claim 9, wherein the outer package (3) is formed by folding about the group (2) of cigarettes and about the collar (16) a flat blank (24), which has two transverse fold lines (25), and a number of longitudinal fold lines (26) defining, between the two transverse fold lines (25), a first panel (8') forming part of the joining minor lateral wall (8); a second panel (11') forming one major lateral wall (11); a third panel (9') forming the other minor lateral wall (9); a fourth panel (10') forming the other major lateral wall (10); and a fifth panel (8") forming the remaining part of the joining minor lateral wall (8).
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in Claim 10, wherein the second and fourth panel (11', 10') each have two major tabs (27), which are located at opposite ends of the second or fourth panel (11', 10'), are separated from the second or fourth panel (11', 10') by the two transverse fold lines (25), and form part of the top and bottom walls (12, 13) respectively.
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in Claim 10 or 11, wherein the first, third, and fifth panel (8', 9', 8") each have two minor tabs (28), which are located at opposite ends of the first, third, or fifth panel (8', 9', 8"), are separated from the first, third, or fifth panel (8', 9', 8") by the two transverse fold lines (25), and form part of the top and bottom walls (12, 13) respectively.
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in Claim 6, 7 or 8, wherein the outer package (3) has a rectangular cross section, and comprises two parallel opposite major lateral walls (10, 11), and two parallel opposite minor lateral walls (8, 9); the lateral joining wall (10) of the outer package (3), in which the hinge (7) is formed, is a major lateral wall (10).
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in Claim 13, wherein the outer package (3) is formed by folding about the group (2) of cigarettes and about the collar (16) a flat blank (24), which has two transverse fold lines (25), and a number of longitudinal fold lines (26) defining, between the two transverse fold lines (25), a first panel (10') forming part of the joining major lateral wall (10); a second panel (8') forming one minor lateral wall (8); a third panel (11') forming the other major lateral wall (11); a fourth panel (9') forming the other minor lateral wall (9); and a fifth panel (10") forming the remaining part of the joining major lateral wall (10).
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in Claim 14, wherein the first, third and fifth panel (10', 11', 10") each have two major tabs (27), which are located at opposite ends of the first, third, or fifth panel (10', 11', 10"), are separated from the first, third, or fifth panel (10', 11', 10") by the two transverse fold lines (25), and form part of the top and bottom walls (12, 13) respectively.
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in Claim 14 or 15, wherein the second and fourth panel (8', 9') each have two minor tabs (28), which are located at opposite ends of the second or fourth panel (8', 9'), are separated from the second or fourth panel (8', 9') by the two transverse fold lines (25), and form part of the top and bottom walls (12, 13) respectively.
- A package of tobacco articles as claimed in any one of Claims 9 to 16, wherein the blank (24) has a substantially transverse tear line (29) separating the container (4) and the lid (6).
- A method of folding a blank (24) to produce a package (1) of tobacco articles comprising:a group (2) of tobacco articles;a collar (16) surrounding the group (2) of tobacco articles and having a number of lateral walls (17, 18, 19, 20); andan outer package (3) surrounding the group (2) of tobacco articles and the collar (16), and having a top wall (12); a bottom wall (13) parallel to the top wall (12); and a number of lateral walls (8, 9, 10, 11) which are perpendicular to the top and bottom walls (12, 13), and are parallel to and rest on respective lateral walls (17, 18, 19, 20) of the collar (16);the method being characterized by comprising the steps of:placing, to form a lateral joining wall (8; 10) of the outer package (3), two separate panels (8', 8"; 10', 10") of the blank (24) on top of a lateral joining wall (17; 19) of the collar (16) and on top of the group (2) of cigarettes, so that the two panels (8', 8"; 10', 10") are coplanar and side by side with no overlap; andgluing the two panels (8', 8"; 10', 10") of the lateral joining wall (8; 10) of the outer package (3) to the underlying lateral joining wall (17; 19) of the collar (16).
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